1960 Northwestern Wildcats football team

The 1960 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1960 Big Ten Conference football season. In their sixth year under head coach Ara Parseghian, the Wildcats compiled a 5–4 record (3–4 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in a four-way tie for fifth place in the Big Ten Conference.[2][3]

1960 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1960 record5–4 (3–4 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPMike Stock
Captains
  • Irv Cross[1]
  • Mike Stock (2nd year)
Home stadiumDyche Stadium
1960 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 Minnesota + 6 1 0  8 2 0
No. 3 Iowa + 5 1 0  8 1 0
No. 8 Ohio State 5 2 0  7 2 0
No. 15 Michigan State 4 2 0  6 2 1
Illinois 3 4 0  5 4 0
Michigan 3 4 0  5 4 0
Northwestern 3 4 0  5 4 0
No. 19 Purdue 3 4 0  4 4 1
Wisconsin 2 5 0  4 5 0
Indiana 0 7 0  1 8 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The team's offensive leaders were Dick Thornton with 901 passing yards, Mike Stock with 536 rushing yards, and Elbert Kimbrough with 378 receiving yards.[4]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 24at Oklahoma*No. 14W 19–3
October 1No. 8 IowaNo. 6L 0–42
October 8at No. 14 MinnesotaL 0–7
October 15at MichiganL 7–14
October 22Notre Dame*
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, Illinois (rivalry)
W 7–6
October 29at IndianaW 21–3
November 5at WisconsinW 21–0
November 12No. 13 Michigan State
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, Illinois
L 18–21
November 19Illinois
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, Illinois (rivalry)
W 14–7
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 148. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-03-16. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  2. "Northwestern Yearly Results (1960-1964)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
  3. "1960 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
  4. "1960 Northwestern Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 18, 2015.


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